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name: "Seamon Glass"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/seamon-glass"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 September 1925"
died: "12 July 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:31:55.257156+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Seamon Glass

Actor. Born 26 September 1925 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 12 July 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1925, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 July 2016
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamon_Glass, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23683392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/153393

## Biography

Seamon Glass (26 September 1925 – 12 July 2016) was an American actor. He is best known for playing First Griner in the 1972 film *Deliverance*. He appeared in numerous film and television roles from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, often in small or uncredited parts.

His credits include an uncredited role as a pirate in *Spartacus* (1960), Deputy Sheriff Dan Colter in *This Is Not a Test* (1962), a guard in *Sleeper* (1973), a cowboy in *Blazing Saddles* (1974), and a trucker in *The Rose* (1979). On television he appeared in episodes of *Star Trek*, *Perry Mason*, *Kojak*, *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* and *Vega$*.

Glass also worked as a professional boxer, Merchant Marine seaman, and for many years as a teacher and guidance counsellor at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. He was married to Yan Zhang.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Deliverance* (1972), Fi1m 85, as First Griner — [page](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Wishman* (1983), as Gate Guard
- *Partners* (1982), as Gillis
- *Amy* (1981), as Mr. Watkins
- *Gideon's Trumpet* (1980), as Prison Guard
- *She's Dressed to Kill* (1979), as Luke
- *The Rose* (1979), as Trucker
- *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* (1979), series, as Pirate
- *The Norseman* (1978), as Stargazer
- *An Enemy of the People* (1978), Actor
- *The Other Side of Hell* (1978), as Tim Donahue
- *Damnation Alley* (1977), as Mountain Man #2
- *Harry and Walter Go to New York* (1976), as Guard
- *Under the Law Part II: 3 Days in the County Jail* (1976), as Classification Officer
- *Winterhawk* (1975), as Big Smith
- *Barbary Coast* (1975), series, as Seaman
- *Bootleggers* (1974), as Rufus Woodall
- *Slither* (1974), as Farmer
- *Blazing Saddles* (1974), as Cowboy (uncredited)
- *Sleeper* (1973), as Guard (uncredited)
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Terry the Enforcer, Enforcer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Slither* (1973), as Farmer in Truck
- *Banacek* (1972), series, as Deke
- *Deliverance* (1972), as First Griner — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md)
- *This Is Not a Test* (1962), as Deputy Sheriff Dan Colter
- *Spartacus* (1960), as Pirate (uncredited)
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as 2nd Police Officer, Officer, Karl Lewis, Joe

## Gallery

- ![Seamon Glass](https://film.one/media/person/1244427/gallery-70e053d8bee7.jpg) Seamon Glass — Film screenshot (GPA Productions), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Seamon_Glass_in_This_Is_Not_a_Test.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Seamon Glass](https://film.one/media/person/1244427/gallery-906c8ae0035f.jpg) Seamon Glass — Image via TMDB

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